This fic takes place after the series finale. Monica and Chandler live in Westchester with now 7 month old Jack and Erica. Monica is 4 months pregnant. (Yeah., yeah she's always preggers but that's the way I like it lol) Ross and Rachel are engaged Emma is 2. Mike and Phoebe are still married. Joey is living in LA staring on Deep Powder.
Disclaimer: All Friends and Joey characters belong to Bright, Kauffman, and Crane. I wish I owned Chandler! I do have Matthew he was an early Christmas present I just couldn't wait to unwrap him LOL)
Title: When Tragedy Strikes
Rated: PG-13
Summery: A fire could change the friends lives especially Monica's.
Chapter 4: It Doesn't Look Good
Ross glanced at his sister sitting beside him in the back of a taxi. She'd been staring out the window the whole time. Tears ran down her face as she rubber her small stomach. "Mon" he whispered "Its gonna be okay, Chandler is gonna be fine" She turned to look at him "You don't know that Ross" she cried "He's trapped in a burning building" she looked at her engagement and wedding rings "He has to be okay Ross I..I can't do it alone. He looked ta her "Do what alone Mon" he asked "Raise the kids, live" He moved closer to her wrapping his arms around her. She leaned into her brother and cried until they arrived at the office building Chandler worked in.
Fire engines, ambulances, police cars and news vans filled the streets. Fire fighters ran all around with oxygen tanks, water hoses and ladders. Ross helped Monica out of the taxi. She looked up at the building. There were flames and thick black smoke shooting out of the 12th floor jut three floors below Chandler's. "Chandler!" she cried trying to pass some firefighters. One of them stopped her "Ma'am you can't go in there. She started at him for a minute a memory of Chandler flashed in her mind. There'd been a fire in Phoebe and Rachel's apartment they all raced over there and Joey asked one of the firefighters if he could borrow his uniform. Monica scolded him and then told Chandler "You would look good in that." She whispered.
"Excuse me" the firefighter said when he heard her whisper. "Nothing" she said "I..I have to get in there my husband h…he's on the 15th floor" He nodded "We know there's some people on a few floors above the fire we're going to get them out" he assured her. "But I can't let you anywhere near the building its to dangerous and its not a good idea for you to be breathing in all this smoke" he motioned to her stomach. Ross came up behind her. "He's right Mon come on we should move away from all this." "No!" Monica cried "Not until I know he's okay" he put his arm around her "Did he take his cell phone this morning" she nodded "You can use my cell phone to call him okay" Ross led Monica way from the burning building and pulled out his cell phone. He dialed Chandler's cell number and handed it to his sister.
Chandler's office was quiet except for an occasional cough. Everyone looked around when they heard a cell phone ringing. They all checked saying it wasn't theirs. Chandler glanced at his briefcase. "Its mine" he whispered forgetting he had it. He took the phone out and saw Ross's cell number. "Hey Ross" he answered. "Chandler!" Monica cried "Are you okay" she asked "Mon" he asked surprised to hear her voice. He also noticed sirens and yelling. "Honey where are you" he asked "Outside with Ross" she said "What! Sweeite tell him to take you home you shouldn't be here its not good for you or the baby" "I'm not leaving with out you Chandler" she cried "I love you" He sighed his wife was too stubborn for her own good. "I love you too honey" he whispered
"Where are the twins" he asked "At home with Rach and Pheebs" she said "You have to come out of there Chandler we need you I..I need you" Chandler hated hearing her cry. "Don't worry Mon I'll be fine" he said "You promise" she whimpered "I promise I'll be out there holding you real soon sweeite" he whispered hoping he'd be able to keep that promise. "Ar...are you alone" she asked "No honey Steve and Charlie are here as well as my assistant Courteney, and Zack" he told her "Zack the guy you brought home to be a sperm donor ?"
Chandler laughed a little "Yes that's him" he heard some noise "Mon what's going on" he asked "Th…they made us move again th…they said the fire jumped to the next floor" she whispered "Chandler I…I'm so scared" she cried
"Shh its okay baby don't be scared okay I'm right here" Chandler whispered trying to calm her down with out letting her know just how scared he was himself. "I…I wish you were out here holding me" she cried "Me too" he whispered "The fire its getting closer look!" Courteney yelled pointing to the little bit of smoke seeping under the door. "Chandler wh...what happened Monica cried when she heard his assistant in the back ground. "Nothing sweeite everything's fine" he whispered as he looked at the smoke slowly coming in under the door even though his jacket was there. "I love you Monica, so much" he whispered "Never forget that" he said with tears in his eyes. It didn't look good and he wanted her to know how much he loved her before it was too late.
He suddenly started coughing so hard his lungs hurt. He silently cursed himself for all those years of smoking cigarettes. He dropped the phone and fell into his chair putting his hand to his chest as his coughing continued "Chandler!" Monica cried "Chandler please answer me" she sobbed clutching the phone so hard her hand hurt. "Chandler" she sobbed again.
Chapter 5: Don't Leave Me…Monica assumes the worst but has the worst happened? Will Chandler be Soon!!!
Author's Note: Hello Children here's the next chapter sorry it took so long I'm on vacation so hopefully I'll have the next one up faster! Don't worry Chandler isn't dying he'll be okay I'd never kill him! I love him! LOL please read, review and enjoy! Thanx!